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Standhill
Enclosure (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Site Name Standhill
Classification Enclosure (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Canmore ID 55451
Site Number NT52SE 1
NGR NT 5635 2310
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55451
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Ancrum
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT52SE 1 5635 2310.
Centred at NT 5635 2310 is what appears to be an almost circular enclosure, approximately 50.0 m. in diameter internally and 80.0 m externally, comprising a very slight bank surrounded by traces of a ditch, and with a slightly hollow centre. The whole of the SW arc appears to be a natural slope surmounted by the slight bank, while any ditch in this arc is not apparent because of cast shadow.
Visible on RAF AP's (106G/Scot/UK/121:3092-3)
There is no visible trace of the feature described above on the ground.
Visited by OS (JTT) 23 April 1965
Field Visit (3 April 1950)
Indeterminate Remains (Site), Standhill.
On high ground 250 yards S of Standhill at a height of 525 ft OD, a curved ditch shows as a crop-mark on air-photographs (CUCAP, DN 34-5). The size and nature of the original structure cannot be determined.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 3 April 1950
Field Visit (28 September 1993)
The remains of this possible enclosure occupy the corner of a terrace above the steep NE side of an un-named stream gully about 170m SSW of Standhill steading. The site is traversed from NE to SW by a modern fence-line and the fields to either side have been intensively cultivated in the past. To the SE of the fence, the enclosure is indicated by a low, arcing break in slope, which probably marks the interface between a ploughed-down bank and the ditch that is visible on aerial photographs. To the NW, the extent of the enclosure is probably defined by the natural edge of the terrace.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, RM) 28 September 1993.
Sbc Note (21 March 2016)
Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
Previously also listed under duplicate site NT96SW 510 -CANCELLED. HES (LCK) 11.6.2024
